Hope Squared!

We have been following this site for a while - http://www.crafthope.com/ .

I loved how they made sock monkeys for a burn center, and sent dolls to Nicagrauga. All for kids! Now they are making quilts, any size, and fabric, they just ask that it is in squares . These quilts are for kids that don't have what my kids and grand kids have. A warm place with parents who love them. Breaks my heart!

Inspirational! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO we were going to participate with craft hope, but instead decided to make quilts in squares for kids in our neck of the woods!

We were going to do it as a family, Morgan, Erin, Paige (in Moscow Idaho) and Granny!

What we forgot is we have Jake, and he never wants to be left out, and being the only boy, sometimes he is!

Just so happens he is on a committee, the Purple Pack, at Weber State University, and they are looking for service projects all the time! They want to help too!!!!

GREAT GREAT GREAT!!! WEBER STATE (University) Now we need fabric!

If you want to participate in way, shape or form, we would love it!!!!

If you have fabric to donate, or money for batting, or time to sew squares - please please email me greavesma@hotmail.com. Or leave a comment!

Happy Birthday Melanie!

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Today is our wonderful mother's, wife's and grandma's birthday!

Leave her some birthday wishes or give her a call!

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Love you mom! You are the best!!

-Love, your kids, grandkids and husband!

xoxoxo

Dillards!

Jay loves the outdoors, I mean LOVES the outdoors. He should have worked for the Forest Service, but he doesn't. He also would have liked to be a Mountain man, and live in a tent, hike and fish and sleep under the stars, but he isn't.

He has a job that he wears dress clothes, every single day!

So he has an addiction, an obsession! When I can't find him, I know where he is Dillards!

Last night he wanted to stop by and check out Dillards sale - 3 hrs later- we left with another purchase!

He bought 13 shirts for $118.00. Most of the shirts started at $75.00 each. Wow, it is a SALE!

However, how many closets do we need for his clothes? Too Many!!!

P.S. He also buys shoes and outdoor clothes.

COPYCAT!

It is amazing the time you have when you don't watch T.V.!

I hate to admit it, but I don't have an original idea in my head, I am a COPY CAT! I Love to see what other people are making and I then I try it!

And about the T.V. - it went out, probably just the on/off switch, an easy fix! We are trying to decide if we want a new one or fix our old one. What to do?
At first we (me, Jay & Jake) were pretty bored, and thought we couldn't live without T.V., but last night we had glaciers and fries at Kirts, and Jake said we don't need T.V.! Wow, Jay & I had both just said that. It is so nice & peaceful and we are finding time to do other things! I am sure we will have T.V. again, but for now here are some projects I have been copying - Ha Ha Ha!

Love, Live & Serve

Every problem carries the seeds of opportunity to learn, to love, to grow, to simply be happy to be alive. When we attach to an object, to a person, or a safe zone, it is just as we are stuck in the zoom mode, and all we can see is the smallest part of life. Zoom the lens out then your problems are a smaller part of your universe. That they really don't require much of our attention at all.

I love Sundays! I go to church and it never fails, I get answers to a question I am having!

Hard Job!

Jake says I have a hard job - calendaring my lunch dates! What I say, "I have earned it." When your my age, you are old enough to have free time, and young enough to enjoy it!

I also have a CD that talks about the difference between men and women. Men can go fishing with a friend, sit on a boat all day and say a few words and he is satisfied. Women on the other hand, need friends, multiple friends. With just one friend, they would starve to death! Ha Ha! So True!!!!

Boring blog? Yes, but I am the worlds worst at keeping a journal and this makes me feel a little less guilty! Should I be private, probably, but since I have such an exciting, interesting blog, who really reads it.

Here are my High School friends! We had a fun lunch and lots of reminiscing. An interesting thought I had - Lots of years, and events have taken place, since High School, but we are the same people.

I am grateful for such good friends! They lifted me, encouraged me and never tempted me to do anything wrong way back when. They still do that today!

On a side note, one of them is Teacher Julie - Coopers preschool teacher!

Simple Pleasures!

The perfect day was today! Taking kids to the Zoo and watching their sheer joy at seeing all the animals. I am not just talking grandkids, but my adult daughters too! The weather was great, no crowds, and lots of baby animals!!!

We missed Paige!